Talk:Rhinotyphlops

Polyphyly

The polyphyletic nature of the species lumped together under Rhinotyphlops by Roux-Estève (1974), appears to have led to the separation of those genera into four genera: Afrotyphlops, Letheobia, Megatyphlops and a smaller Rhinotyphlops. See: Broadley, Donald G., and Wallach, Van (2007). "A review of East and Central African species of Letheobia Cope, revived from the synonymy of Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger, with descriptions of five new species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Zootaxa (1515): 31–68.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Abstract; Broadley, Donald G., and Wallach, Van (2009). "A review of the eastern and southern African blind-snakes (Serpentes: Typhlopidae), excluding Letheobia Cope, with the description of two new genera and a new species" (PDF). Zootaxa (2255): 1–100.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) and Pyron, Robert Alexander; Burbrink, Frank T. and Wiens, John J. (2013). "A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes" (PDF). BMC evolutionary biology. 13 (1): 93–145. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-93.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) ITIS has yet (December 2013) to make any changes in their listings. Perhaps because the Scolecophidia are not a current interest of Dr. Roy W. McDiarmid. See lead to List of snake genera. Nonetheless, other databases such as the Reptile Database have updated their listings. Is there any reason why we should not update the Wikipedia to reflect what seems, for several years, to be the new consensus? --Bejnar (talk) 22:31, 23 December 2013 (UTC)